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'Handbook of Mesopotamia. Vol. III. 1917' [336] (345/432)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 1917. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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836
Miles from
Deir ez-
Zor
212?
247^?
LAND ROUTES
124
132
151
157
170
174
188
191i
Elian Abu esh-Shameli
Boute 52, m. 322^.)
Damascus.
(For the rest of the route see
Route (ii).
This route continues over the plain of Palmyra and then
enters a pass-like depression called the
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Qubur
between the Jebel Hayyal on the 1. and the Jebel
Marbat 'Antar on the r. The pass has funeral towers
and monuments on each side. Hence its name, which
means ' the valley of graves '.
Route now traverses a great sandy plain called Wijan er-
Kaml.
Abu Fawaris, place where water may be found.
Ain el-Beidha, well and watch tower (qisMaq) accommo
dating twelve men. The well is about 50 ft. deep and
has plenty of water, which is, however, strongly impreg
nated with sulphur. A military report of 1911 makes
no mention of this well, and it is possible that only
animals can drink the water.
Time from Tadmor, 5| hrs. Route to Homs, Route
diverges here to r. The present route turns SW.
Khan el-Libn, ruined khan with the Jebel Abyadh on
the 1.
Cross the small
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Muteireh.
Qasr el-Heir, ruin, with square tower and part of portal
apparently of Roman times. Many architectural remains
in neighbourhood. To the N. are the remains of a
reservoir and aqueduct running from SSW.
Water may be found in the vicinity. If none is to be
had here a detour might be made to c Ain el-Wu'ul,
10-12 m. SE.
Cross the broad
Wadi
A seasonal or intermittent watercourse, or the valley in which it flows.
el-Keblr.
W. boundary of a district called Ardh, er-Eaudheh district.
Signs of cultivation. Track now runs W.
Qaryateiu (i. e. the two villages, but no division into two
is visible). Alt. 2,460 ft. The houses are so close
together that their outer walls unite to form as it were
a town wall, which, on the E. side, towards Palmyra,
actually possesses a gate. The population numbers
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This volume is A Handbook of Mesopotamia, Volume III, Central Mesopotamia with Sourthern Kurdistan and the Syrian Desert (Admiralty War Staff Intelligence Division, January, 1917), covering the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad and Fellūjeh [Fallujah] to Mosul and Meskeneh [Maskanah], the Lesser Zāb, the country east of the Tigris towards the Persian frontier, and the routes running westward from the Euphrates valley across the Syrian Desert. The volume was prepared on behalf of the Admiralty and War Office, and appears to be based on official and unofficial publications and maps which are cited in a bibliographical section in the volume. This volume was supplemented with corrections and additions in June 1918 (see IOR/L/MIL/17/15/41/5).
The volume includes a note on confidentiality, a title page, 'Note', 'Abbreviations'. There is a page of 'Contents' which includes the following sections:
- Introduction;
- River Routes (The Tigris and the Lesser Zāb, The Euphrates);
- Land Routes (The Tigris Valley with Region to East, The Euphrates Valley, Connexions between Tigris and Euphrates Valleys, The Syrian Desert);
- Gazetteer of Towns;
- Bibliographical Note;
- Transliteration of Names;
- Glossary;
- Appendix;
- Index;
- 'Sketch Map of Routes', which includes 'City Map of Baghdad' (f. 212) and 'Mesopotamia: Outline Map Showing Routes, Volume III' contained in a pocket.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (214 folios)
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This volume is arranged according to numbered routes. There is a page of contents and an alphabetical index. There are two maps housed in a pocket.
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the inside front cover and terminates at the inside back cover; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio (except for the front cover, where the folio number is located on the verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. ).
Pagination: The volume also has an original printed pagination sequence.
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